Science just proves: The child who is like a father is a great blessing

The one we want to talk about is the appearance. Accordingly, children with father-like looks will receive tremendous benefits.

The Vietnamese folk have the phrase: " I am more happy than my father ". Recently, science has also demonstrated another factor related to the appearance of father and son. As long as the child is born like his father, he has a great "happiness".

What is "Phuc" here? In fact, what is considered the happiest with a family, is that their children are born healthy.

And according to research by experts from Binghamton University (New York, USA), children born with father-like looks tend to be healthier than when they are 1 year old.

In fact, facial contours have no effect on health. There are things that, according to the hypothesis of researchers, fathers tend to spend more time with their children if they are like them. Of course, this brings a lot of benefits.

"Father's contribution is very important in child-rearing, and it is reflected in children's health" - quoted author Solomon Polachek from Binghamton University.

The important thing to understand is that the research focuses on families who are not married or split. The data is taken from the study called Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing - FFCW (transgender family: The family is fragile and child welfare), with 456 such families.

Research results show that, on average, a father spends 2.5 days a month more than usual to play with a child, if the child has the same appearance.

Next, the experts assessed the health of the child at the first birthday according to a number of factors, including the length of time in the hospital, the frequency of visits, or the frequency of dyspnea .

Of course, these factors are not really accurate. For example, children who are sick, financial and time will be barriers that prevent them from going to the doctor. However, in terms of statistics, it still shows a certain trend.

In fact, quite a bit of previous research has supported this hypothesis. For example, studies have shown that a child can grow stronger when both parents care, and require the father to spend more time.

"The baby's health indicators seem better if the child has the same face as his father" - quoted Polachek. "The main reason is probably because fathers visit their children more often, pay more attention, actively collect information about their babies and provide more financial support."

This study also partly indicates the reality of single families in the United States. Currently, data show that such types of families are increasing, and thereby causing disadvantages for children.

"We need more efforts to encourage fathers to actively take care of children, maybe by taking them to parenting classes, pre-natal health education ." - Polachek said.

The study is published in the journal Health Economics.